Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 103
ave been the conditionsof life! And what should we expect to find on thosefirst shores ? If we are walking on a sea-beach to-day,we do not look for animals that haunt the forests orroam over the open plains, or for those that live insheltered valleys or in inland regions or on mountain-heights. We… … SOME RECORDS OF THE ROCKS (Fbom a First Book in Geology.) By N. S. SHALER, S.D.i HE geologist cannotfind his way back in therecord of the great stonebook, to the far-off daywhen life began. The va-rious changes that comeover rocks from the actionof heat, of water, and ofpressure, have slowly…
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